Sketch Proposals

Artist: Ensemble Label: Rephlex Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: LP Record Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 666908010116 EAN: 0666908010116 ASIN: B00004R7MG Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

1. Proposals 1
2. Proposals 2
3. Proposals 3
4. Proposals 4
5. Proposals 5
6. Proposals 6
7. Proposals 7
8. Proposals 8
9. Proposals 9
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12. Proposals 12

Customer Reviews:

An accesible approach to abstract electronica.......2000-06-28

On one hand, the music of Ensemble reflects the work of Pan Sonic and Ryoji Ikeda, making sounds and beats out of static, noise, and altered found sounds. But where the instrumental Pan Sonic and Ikeda are abstract, focusing very little on melody and song structure, Ensemble has female vocalist Chanelle Kimber, who sings softly and sweetly with a vocal style similar to such semi-electronic outfits as Broadcast and Stereolab. By combining the beautiful sounds of Kimber's voice with the jumpy electronic world of noise and sound, Ensemble create songs that challenges listeners to think about the music in a new way. The 12 nameless tracks on "Sketch Proposals" explore a variety of types of songs and sounds, and though each is different, there is a constant mood of calm erraticism--a mood unlike any other albums. If Ensemble becomes popular (and they deserve to), hopefully it will open the ears of listeners to realize the beauty of sounds and noise as music, something that less accesible, more experimental electronica has had a hard time with.

Music CD:

1. Panorama: An Expansive Collection of Music from Around the World That Inspires the Heart, Mind and Soul (2-CS Set) ~ Various Artists
2. Burning Sky: Music for Native American Flute/Guitar/Percussion ~ Various Artists
3. Pianissimo, Vol. 2 ~ Suzanne Ciani
4. Remembering the Movies ~ Richard Clayderman
5. Celestial Winds I ~ Celestial Winds
6. I Surrender ~ Barbara Higbie
7. Seven Waves ~ Suzanne Ciani
8. The Memory of Trees ~ Enya
9. Feadoga Stain 2 ~ Mary Bergin
10. Exotico ~ Lara & Reyes

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Con Banda, Vol. 2 ~ Rozenda Bernal

Grandes Exitos, Vol. 5 ~ Pastor L%C3%B3pez

Guerra Gaucha ~ Los Enanitos Verdes

Summer Solstice: A Windham Hill Collection ~ Various Artists

Portrait of a Genius ~ Charlie Parker

Truth in Shredding ~ Mark Project Varney

Swing Time ~ Glenn Miller

20 Grandes Exitos ~ Beto Orlando

1974-1994: The Latin Stars Series ~ Jos%C3%A9 Luis Perales

Ritmo Sol y Arena ~ Acapulco Tropical